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The legislation, which comes as Portland sees an influx of asylum seekers, would shorten the waiting period for work eligibility to 30 days.

Pingree to chair powerful appropriations panel overseeing Interior and EPA She becomes one of the House’s 12 cardinals who shape the federal funding priorities over their respective congressional fiefdoms. Share Maines 1st District U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree during the 116th Congress in February 2019. U.S. House of Representatives staff Rep. Chellie Pingree has been elected the new chair of the House appropriations subcommittee that holds the purse strings for a wide swath of federal environ...